Addressing-machine.



U. G. LEE. AnnREsslNG MAcHlNE.

A'PPLICAUON FILED IULYH, 1912. RENEWED JUNE 5.1913.

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ULYSSES G. LEE, F CHATTANOG, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR T0 IllONTAG-UMAILING MACHNERY CCO., .Pi CORPORATION F TENNESSEE.

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Applicationfiled .Tilly 11, 1912, Serial No. 708,921.

To all ur/1,0m it may concern,

Be it known that l, Unrssns G. Les, citi-- l0 apparatus adapted for olice use, and inl -which a plurality of functions of the machine will follow as a result of operating` the impression head.

rlihe invention consists in the features of l construction and combination and arrange ment of parts hereinafter described and particularly defined by the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l. is a side view of an apparatus embodying my inventionyand Fig. is a plan view.

The apparatus is designed to work with individual address plates which are fed from the' supply` hopper to thevimpression point. The hopper is shown at 1 supported on a table 2. ln' this table are guided feed bars 3, which bars carry feed pawls 4 pivcted thereto at 5 and adapted to swing' on said pivots, though being' limited as to their movement by pins 6 entering openings 7 in the feed pawls or dogs. These pawls are spaced apart .along the feed bars so that as they are reciprocated they will feed the plates from the hopper l step by step to the impression point to receive the impression from the pad or impression head 8 carried adjustably in an impression arm 9, which i's composed of the side bars, as shown in Fig. 2, said side bars being connected by a cross member l0 and being mounted in the frame i0 by a shaft 11. rlhis impression arm has a handle l2 by which the arm may be pressed down against the tension of a. springl 13, which spring, when pressure is relieved from the handle, will cause the impression 4b arm to swing upwardly. The feed slides 'are operated by arms 14 connected with the shaft 1l, the lower ends of these' 4arms being; connected by a pin and slot with ears 15 depending fro'm the feed slides.' When the infr pressionarm is forced downwardly, the feed p slides will be moved rearwardly by means of the arms 1i. and the feed dos; at the right of the series will get behind the lowermost address plate in thel hopper l, and when the impression arm rises, the feed slides will be specification of Letters Patent.

previously moved from Patented Apr.. 2?, MM5. Renewed .Tune 5. 1913. VSerial No. 772,000.

moved forwardly and the lowermost plate in the hopper will be moved from under the stack to a position to the left of said hopper. When the impression arm is again operated, a like action will take place to that just described, and the address plate which was the hopper will be advanced another step toward the impression point until, by successive operations of the impression arm, this plate will arrivent the in'ipression point to malte the impression p on the article to be addressed when the impression arm is again brought down. Aiding in this feedingr action are pawls `or dogs 4X carried pivotally by fixedjbars 3a or other means of support, these dogs. having no traversing'action. but being pivoted each` at one point adjacent the position of the movable feed doejs illustrated in Fig. l, so that as the feed slides retract the fixed dogs will act as detents to hold the address plates in v the position to which they have been ad? vanced. it will be noticed that the hopperv is located at the rear of the impression arm and the feed slides move in the same general direction in which the movement of the impression arm takes. place, thus moving the address plates from inrear of the impression arm to a point along said arm where the-,impression is made by the impression head. After an address plate has been used, it is discharged from the table into a stacker chute 1G, which has a follower 17 therein pressed upwardly by a springl8. lflfhen several plates havecollec'ted on the follower...

17, the weight of succeeding plates introduced into the stacker chute or hopper will cause the follower to 'move downwardly one step for each plate fed thereon. I also provide means for operatinga ribbon from the movement of the impression arm. For this' purpose ay link 19 is connected with the arm 14, said link being slotted at 20 and receiving a pin on an arm 21 carrying apawl 22 engaging a ratchet wheel 23 on a shaft 24. This shaft carries bevel pinions 25, 26, to mesh with pinions 27, 28, on shafts 29, suitably mounted and carrying the spools 30 for the inking ribbon. The shaft 24 is adjust.- able longitudinally so that either one of the pinions 25 or'26 may beengaged with its companion pinion whiie the connection is broken between the other pair of pinions, so that by adjusting this shaft the ribbon may be wound on either .spool and unwound from 4the other. The shaft, when adjusted, may

beheld by a latch 31 engaging circumferen- 'tial grooves' at 32 inthe shaft, a set nut 33 4 I being employed to fix the latch in position.

I claim as 'my invention f' 1.,In addressing machines, the combination of a pivotally mounted hand operated impression arm, a hopper for address plates adjacent the pivot of the arm, a feed slide working; under the hopper, ribbon spools to directa ribbon transversely of the feed slide, an arm extending down from the pivoted end oftheimpression arm connected with thefeed slide, and a ,connection from said arm to the ribbon spools for operating the same, substantially as described.

3. In a manually operated addressing machine for printing from individual address plates, a frame, a straight runway for address plates, a hopper vfrom .which said straight runway leads, an impression arm pivotally mounted, a handle at the free end of said arm, an inking ribbon extending over the impression point, an inking ribbon mechanism below the upper surface of the frame,=an `address plate feeder operating along the straight runway, and connections from the impression arm to the address piatte feeder and the inking ribbon mechanism, substantially as described.

4:. In a manually operated addressing inachine' for printing ,from individual address plates, a frame, a hopper for address plates,

'an address plate feeder operating along a straight path from) the hopper tol the im? margine pression point, an inking ribbon mechanism' including an inking ribbon extending over the impression point, a pivotally mounted impression arm having a handle at one end land operatable by hand, a hopper for :id-

dress plates, a reciprocatory feed slide for moving' the plates from the hopper to the printing point, a'n inlring ribbon extending over the impression point, inlring ribbon spools, and connections from the hand opl eratedyiinpression arm for giving the feed slide its reciprocatory movement and for giving the ribbon spools a step by step movement in one direction, substantially as y described.

6. In combination in an addressing, machine, an address plate feeder, an impression arm arranged over the feeder and having w handle at its free end, said impression arm yhaving sides, a shaft extending,r across the path of the address plates; supports for the shaft outside the pathnf the plates, the said sides of the impression arm being.,r mounted on said shaft, an impression pad extending betweengthe' sides near their free ends, a. hopper in rear of the impression arm and over-,the feeder, and v/means for operating the address plate feeder from the impression arm to move the address plates to the f impression point from the hopper, substantially'as described.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in presencefof two witnesses.

ULYSSES G. LEE.

Witnesses y WM. l?. Mrnnnnn,

ARTHUR J. PALMER. 

